Cull (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr.& . n. Culling.] [OE.ullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]

To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cuil flowers.

From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden.

Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

 

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Cull, n.

A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Gully.

 

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